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Richard Murray 1838–1903 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 December 1838

Birth Location: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States

Death Date: 26 March 1903

Death Location: Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States

Father: John Murray

Mother: Sarah Bates**

Spouse(s): Martha Hicks, Margaret Beck

Children(s): James Murray

Richard Murray was born in 1838 in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States, the child of John Richard Murray And Sarah Ann Bates. In 1850, Richard Murray resided in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. In 1860, Richard Murray resided in Spanish Fork, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, . Richard Murray married Margaret Francena Beck, Martha Ann Hicks, and had children including James Beck Murray. Richard Murray passed away in 1903 in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.

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Biography

  • Richard Murray was born in 1838 in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States, the child of John Richard Murray And Sarah Ann Bates.
  • In 1850, Richard Murray resided in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.
  • In 1860, Richard Murray resided in Spanish Fork, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, .
  • Richard Murray married Margaret Francena Beck, Martha Ann Hicks, and had children including James Beck Murray.
  • Richard Murray passed away in 1903 in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Richard Murray's Ancestors

Self
Richard Murray
1838–1903
Birth Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
Parents
John Richard Murray
1812–1880
Galashiels Selkirk, Scotland
Sarah (Ann) Bates**
1807–1881
Drafton, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Grandparents
Andrew Murray
1793–1858
Green Wells, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Elliott
1795–1818
Galashield, Slkrk, Scotland
Richard Bates**
1781–1811
Drafton, Tyrone, , Ireland
Sophia Anderson*
1783–1880
Drafton, Turpme., Ireland
Great-Grandparents
David Murray
1761–1812
Christian Buchan
1766–1846
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Murray**
1735–1816
Elspeth Harvie
1737–1817

Richard Murray's Descendants

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Richard Murray (16 December 1838–26 March 1903) m. Martha (Ann) Hicks (3 Jan 1847–18 Jul 1904) m. Margaret (Francena) Beck (12 January 1841–29 May 1920)
  1. 1. James (Beck) Murray 1879–1961 m. Atta (Armelia) Ashby 1882–1951
    1. 1. Clyde (Dean) Murray 1925–2012 m. Lenore Richardson 1926–2007

Richard Murray's Timeline

11 Records

1838
16 December 1838
Birth of Richard Murray in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
1850
abt 1850
Age 12
Richard Murray resided here in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1860
1860
Age 22
Richard Murray resided here in Spanish Fork, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, USA
Spanish Fork, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, USA
1861
1861
Age 23
Richard Murray was married in Spanish Fork, Utah
Spanish Fork, Utah
1861
1861
Age 23
Richard Murray was married
None
1870
1870
Age 32
Richard Murray resided here in Warm Creek, Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah Territory, USA
Warm Creek, Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah Territory, USA
1873
28 Jul 1873
Age 35
Richard Murray resided here
None
1880
1880
Age 42
Richard Murray resided here in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
1900
1900
Age 62
Richard Murray resided here in North Ashley, Uintah, Utah, USA
North Ashley, Uintah, Utah, USA
1903
24 March 1903
Age 65
Death of Richard Murray in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
1903
26 March 1903
Age 65
Burial of Richard Murray in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 December 1838
    Event Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Railway Employment Records, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Collection: London and North Western Railway Company: Records; Class: RAIL410; Piece: 1915
    [2] Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850
    [3] Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021, Utah Division of State History; Salt Lake City, Utah; Utah Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2000
    [4] Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    [5] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah; Roll: 1338; Page: 199D; Enumeration District: 083
    [6] Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966, Utah State Archives and Records Service; Salt Lake City, UT; Utah State Archives and Records Service; File Number #: 1903000005
    [7] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Warm Creek, Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1612; Page: 94A
    [8] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: North Ashley, Uintah, Utah; Roll: 1687; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0150
    [9] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 974; Family History Li
    [10] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 300.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CTD
    [11] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: 188; Page: 117a
    [12] Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, Utah State Archives; Salt Lake City, Utah; Series Number: 81448
    [13] Utah, U.S., Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah,1847-1966
    [14] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [15] U.S., Cemetery Index from Selected States
    [16] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [17] Richard Murray, "United States Census, 1900", "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 14 Aug 2014), Ashley, Mountain Dell Precincts, Uintah, Utah, United States; citing sheet 8B, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T6
    [18] Richard Murry in household of John Murry, "United States Census, 1850", "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 14 Aug 2014), Pottawattamie county, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing family 845, NARA microfilm publication M432.
    [19] Richard Murray, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956", "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 14 Aug 2014), Richard Murray, 24 Mar 1903; citing Uintah, Utah, United States, certificate 6, series 81448; Utah State Archives
    [20] Headstone image of Richard Murray from billiongraves.com, Transcription of headstone image from billiongraves.com. Image taken at Maeser Fairview Cemetery (Maeser, Uintah, Utah, United States) on 19 September 2012
    [21] Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel about Richard Murray, "Another Pioneer Gone," Deseret Evening News, 7 Apr. 1903.
    Source Location
    •Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
    [22] Richd Murray in household of John Murray, "United States Census, 1860", "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch ( : accessed 14 Aug 2014), Richd Murray in household of John Murray, Spanish Fork City, Utah, Utah Territory, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census -
    [23] Richard Murray 1838-1903, "Find A Grave Memorial", Burial:
    Maeser Fairview Cemetery
    Vernal
    Uintah County
    Utah, USA
    Plot: L375_S1
    [24] Richard Murray, "United States Census, 1870", "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 14 Aug 2014), Utah, United States; citing p. 3, family 19, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000553111.
    [25] BillionGraves Index, "BillionGraves Index", index, FamilySearch ( : accessed 14 Aug 2014), <Unknown>, .

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Spanish Fork, Utah

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1861
    Record Source:
    [1] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: North Ashley, Uintah, Utah; Roll: 1687; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0150
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 300.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CTD

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: abt 1850
    Event Place: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850
    [2] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: 188; Page: 117a

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Spanish Fork, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 974; Family History Li

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Warm Creek, Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah Territory, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Warm Creek, Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1612; Page: 94A

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 28 Jul 1873
    Record Source: UK, Railway Employment Records, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Collection: London and North Western Railway Company: Records; Class: RAIL410; Piece: 1915

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah; Roll: 1338; Page: 199D; Enumeration District: 083

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: North Ashley, Uintah, Utah, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: North Ashley, Uintah, Utah; Roll: 1687; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0150

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Maeser, Uintah, Utah, United States
    Record Source: Utah, U.S., Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah,1847-1966

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Maine, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Navy Casualties Books

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Utah, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah; Genealogies and Biographies; M; Privates
    [2] U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Utah, United States
    Record Source: Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966, Utah State Archives and Records Service; Salt Lake City, UT; Utah State Archives and Records Service; File Number #: 1903000005

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 March 1903
    Event Place: Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850
    [2] U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title
    [3] Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021, Utah Division of State History; Salt Lake City, Utah; Utah Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2000
    [4] Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966, Utah State Archives and Records Service; Salt Lake City, UT; Utah State Archives and Records Service; File Number #: 1903000005
    [5] Utah, U.S., Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah,1847-1966
    [6] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [7] U.S., Cemetery Index from Selected States
    [8] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [9] Richard Murray, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956", "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 14 Aug 2014), Richard Murray, 24 Mar 1903; citing Uintah, Utah, United States, certificate 6, series 81448; Utah State Archives
    [10] Richard Murray 1838-1903, "Find A Grave Memorial", Burial:
    Maeser Fairview Cemetery
    Vernal
    Uintah County
    Utah, USA
    Plot: L375_S1
    [11] BillionGraves Index, "BillionGraves Index", index, FamilySearch ( : accessed 14 Aug 2014), <Unknown>, .

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 26 March 1903
    Event Place: Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021, Utah Division of State History; Salt Lake City, Utah; Utah Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2000
    [2] Utah, U.S., Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah,1847-1966
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] U.S., Cemetery Index from Selected States
    [5] Richard Murray, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956", "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 14 Aug 2014), Richard Murray, 24 Mar 1903; citing Uintah, Utah, United States, certificate 6, series 81448; Utah State Archives
    [6] Richard Murray 1838-1903, "Find A Grave Memorial", Burial:
    Maeser Fairview Cemetery
    Vernal
    Uintah County
    Utah, USA
    Plot: L375_S1
    [7] BillionGraves Index, "BillionGraves Index", index, FamilySearch ( : accessed 14 Aug 2014), <Unknown>, .

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